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Software doesn’t become user-friendly by accident. So before you have code written, you need a plan.

1. You need to think beyond your own needs.
   
2. You need methods to get good feedback, because describing a project to people new to your project is hard and probably requires several iterations.
   
3. You’re not going to get this right on your own: you need people to provide feedback and you need people who can write well, translate and present it visually.
   

Even if the hands-on design work would be covered by volunteers, we need someone to make sure that it all comes together. That all that work has unity and consistency within and between products. And that there’s a bit of quality assurance.

Often software starts with dogfooding founders, with features that solve their personal problems.

Define your vision and mission. Write a manifesto! Inspire people with exciting words.